Lucifer in Starlight

On a starred night Prince Lucifer uprose.Tired of his dark dominion swung the fiendAbove the rolling ball in cloud part screened,Where sinners hugged their spectre of repose.Poor prey to his hot fit of pride were those.And now upon his western wing he leaned,Now his huge bulk o'er Afric's sands careened,Now the black planet shadowed Arctic snows.Soaring through wider zones that pricked his scars